Oxjam

Oxjam is an annual charity music festival in the United Kingdom that raises money for Oxfam, whose mission is to fight poverty worldwide.^[1] Events are held in multiple cities across the United Kingdom and Ireland, normally in the month of October. Oxjam originated in Northern Ireland and was the brainchild of Belfast born musician Maurice Macartney, who organised the first gig at the Belfast venue 'Auntie Annie's' during the Fairtrade Fortnight of 2004. Since 2006, there have been over 3,000 of these individual events with more than 36,000 total participating musicians. Over three-quarters of a million people have attended Oxjam events since the festival's inception.^[2]

The charity events take place in one of two ways. Takeover events are festivals created by an Oxjam team who allow volunteers to help run the event on the night and get involved with duties such as fundraising and welcoming artists. There is also the opportunity for volunteers to take on a festival by themselves where they organise, plan, book and carry out the festival themselves and this most commonly happens in the cities where an Oxjam takeover is not happening. The events and its organisers are completely independent of Oxfam and create the festival themselves with all proceeds going to Oxfam.

Oxjam 2016

To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Oxfam will hold 37 Oxjam takeover events across the UK in October 2016 ^[3]

London - Brixton, Chiswick, Clapham, Crouch End, Croydon, Dalston, Islington, Portobello Road, Shoreditch
South East - Bournemouth, Brighton, Herne Bay, Oxford, Reading
South West - Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Falmouth, Gloucester, Totnes
Midlands - Birmingham, Cambridge, Leicester, Northampton, Shrewsbury, Stoke on Trent
Wales - Cardiff, Swansea
Yorkshire - Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds
North West - Manchester
North East - Darlington, Newcastle
Scotland - Edinburgh, Glasgow

References

External links

• Oxjam website